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Interesting to see the two together …
The reissue is very good but the original has something special about it.
Sublime duo you have, here. These early Navitimers are really gorgeous. The re edition is very well made.
Steel 7700, red gold 20500 and platinum 39500. Yes, it looks like they went a little crazy with the price of the platinum one.
I am not a platinum fan but I find this watch captivating. If it were of steel I think I would like it the same.
Totally agree. At 28 K euros why not, but at 39500 it is really crazy. Omega does the same with some of their watches, by the way.
Yes. Thera are plenty of fantastic steel Omegas ay reasonable prices. Those of titanium, platinum or gold the prices shoot up.
The original is a great historical watch, while the re-edition is a gold standard for re-editions
The differences between the original and re-edition are subtle. Buying re-edition is like being able to hop in a time machine and buy the original in brand new condition, ready for everyday wear. Of course I had to notice that number of sub-ticks does not match the frequency of the B02 movement. It's a tough call, because changing from four ticks to three would mean the re-edition dial would not look exactly like the original.
Breitling could have released the platinum edition with three ticks instead of four, as there was no platinum blue dial models in 1959.
Even with the minor issue, the 806 is a historically great watch and I appreciate that no concessions were made with the re-edition to cater to modern tastes.